FWRG vs. KRUS, CBRL, JACK, BJRI, PTLO, DIN, PZZA, TAST, CHUY, and BH
Should you be buying First Watch Restaurant Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Watch Restaurant Group include Kura Sushi USA (KRUS), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Jack in the Box (JACK), BJ's Restaurants (BJRI), Portillo's (PTLO), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Papa John's International (PZZA), Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST), Chuy's (CHUY), and Biglari (BH). These companies are all part of the "eating places" industry.
First Watch Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:FWRG) and Kura Sushi USA (NASDAQ:KRUS) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, Kura Sushi USA had 1 more articles in the media than First Watch Restaurant Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Kura Sushi USA and 4 mentions for First Watch Restaurant Group. First Watch Restaurant Group's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Kura Sushi USA's score of 0.50 indicating that First Watch Restaurant Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
96.1% of First Watch Restaurant Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.5% of Kura Sushi USA shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of First Watch Restaurant Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Kura Sushi USA shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
First Watch Restaurant Group has higher revenue and earnings than Kura Sushi USA. First Watch Restaurant Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kura Sushi USA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
First Watch Restaurant Group has a net margin of 2.52% compared to Kura Sushi USA's net margin of 0.73%. First Watch Restaurant Group's return on equity of 4.15% beat Kura Sushi USA's return on equity.
First Watch Restaurant Group has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kura Sushi USA has a beta of 1.98, suggesting that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.
First Watch Restaurant Group presently has a consensus price target of $25.50, suggesting a potential upside of 34.71%. Kura Sushi USA has a consensus price target of $109.50, suggesting a potential downside of 1.76%. Given First Watch Restaurant Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe First Watch Restaurant Group is more favorable than Kura Sushi USA.
Kura Sushi USA received 45 more outperform votes than First Watch Restaurant Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.79% of users gave Kura Sushi USA an outperform vote while only 52.54% of users gave First Watch Restaurant Group an outperform vote.
Summary
First Watch Restaurant Group beats Kura Sushi USA on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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